Ep. 261: Derek Parfit on Personal Identity (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Importance of Personal Identity
Locke says that what actually matters to us is not continuity of the same matter, so that for sure the teleported you would not be you. If we really want to be thorough egotists and only serve the interests of ourself, it's ethically insupportable,. He also comes down with sort of a Buddhist position on personal identity.
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